# Incident 20250222002279I: Cessna 182P, Palo Alto, CA, February 22, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 2025, 17:58 local time
- Place: Palo Alto, CA
- Airport: Palo Alto
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4611° N, 122.1150° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALO ALTO (PAO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4611&lon=-122.1150&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9895M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9895M-2026-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 170 total, 170 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250222002279I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT STATED THAT HE CHECKED FUEL LEVELS VISUALLY AT BURMUDA DUNES. UPON OFF FIELD LANDING FIRE FIGHERS CHECKED FUEL CAPS AND FOUND RIGHT SIDE CAP NOT FULLY SECURED. RESULT OF ENGINE LOSS WAS FUEL STARVATION. AIRCRAFT DID NOT MAKE HIS INTENEDED DESTINATION OF SAN CARLOS AIRPORT. VFR FLIGHT NO FLT PLAN.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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